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 PUBLIC LAW 109–140—DEC. 22, 2005

119 STAT. 2651

‘‘(A) LIMITED EXEMPTIONS FROM REQUIREMENT TO CONVENE BOARD.—The Secretary of State is not required to convene a Board in the case of an incident that— ‘‘(i) involves serious injury, loss of life, or significant destruction of property at, or related to, a United States Government mission in Afghanistan or Iraq; and ‘‘(ii) occurs during the period beginning on October 1, 2005, and ending on September 30, 2009. ‘‘(B) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—In the case of an incident described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall— ‘‘(i) promptly notify the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of the incident; ‘‘(ii) conduct an inquiry of the incident; and ‘‘(iii) upon completion of the inquiry required by clause (ii), submit to each such Committee a report on the findings and recommendations related to such inquiry and the actions taken with respect to such recommendations.’’.

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SEC. 4. INCREASED LIMITS APPLICABLE TO POST DIFFERENTIALS AND DANGER PAY ALLOWANCES.

(a) REPEAL OF LIMITED-SCOPE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR PREVIOUS INCREASE.—Subsection (c) of section 591 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2004 (division D of Public Law 108–199) is repealed. (b) POST DIFFERENTIALS.—Section 5925(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended in the third sentence by striking ‘‘25 percent of the rate of basic pay or, in the case of an employee of the United States Agency for International Development,’’. (c) DANGER PAY ALLOWANCES.—Section 5928 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘25 percent of the basic pay of the employee or 35 percent of the basic pay of the employee in the case of an employee of the United States Agency for International Development’’ both places that it appears and inserting ‘‘35 percent of the basic pay of the employee’’. (d) CRITERIA.—The Secretary of State shall inform the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of the criteria to be used in determinations of appropriate adjustments in post differentials under section 5925(a) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by subsection (b), and danger pay allowances under section 5928 of title 5, United States Code, as amended by subsection (c). (e) STUDY AND REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall conduct a study assessing the effect of the increases in post differentials and danger pay allowances made by the amendments in subsections (b) and (c), respectively, in filling ‘‘hard-to-fill’’ positions and shall submit a report of such study to the committees specified in subsection (d) and to the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate.

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